How long after inflammation treatment can I have sex?

Gynecological inflammation troubles many girls. During the inflammation period, doctors do not recommend girls to have sex, because this period will not only cause damage to their own bodies, but also transmit the inflammation to the male partner. Girls should pay attention to their reproductive health during inflammation, avoid spicy and greasy foods and eat more light foods, which can help relieve inflammation. So, how long after the inflammation is treated can you have sex?

1. How long after treatment of gynecological inflammation can you have sex?

It is best to stop taking medication for one week after treatment of gynecological inflammation before having sex. This is mainly to give the drug time to be metabolized. Generally speaking, 80% of the drug is excreted within two days and completely excreted within a week. Therefore, it is better to have sex one week after stopping the medication to avoid recurrence of the disease.

Please note that it is best not to have sex during gynecological disease. When women suffer from gynecological diseases, they will firstly feel psychological pressure and secondly, they may also feel pain during intercourse. Therefore, they must be treated before having intercourse. Some are relatively mild, such as the early symptoms of gynecological diseases, and may only require taking some medicine to treat gynecological diseases to recover. More serious cases may require going to the hospital for examination and treatment.

2. Common symptoms of gynecological inflammation

Vaginitis: increased vaginal discharge and vulvar itching, or burning, pain, or dyspareunia. The discharge is typically thin, purulent, yellow-green, frothy, and has a foul odor.

Pelvic inflammatory disease: acute and chronic. The acute disease has an acute onset and develops rapidly, with symptoms such as high fever, abdominal pain and distension, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, headache, etc. Chronic symptoms include general fatigue and lack of energy, which are especially severe during menstruation and after sexual intercourse.

Cervicitis: Symptoms mainly include increased vaginal discharge, which is mucopurulent. The stimulation of vaginal discharge can cause itching and burning sensation in the vagina. Symptoms such as intermenstrual bleeding and bleeding after sexual intercourse may also occur.

Salpingitis: dull pain in the lower abdomen, a feeling of heaviness, abnormal menstruation, dysmenorrhea, increased leucorrhea. Some patients may not have any conscious symptoms except infertility.

3. Will gynecological inflammation affect pregnancy?

Gynecological inflammation has a huge impact on women. It not only poses a threat to women's bodies, but also affects future pregnancies. This is because some symptoms of gynecological inflammation are caused by viral and bacterial infections, and pregnancy will affect the development of the fetus. Some gynecological inflammations can directly cause infertility.

Vaginitis among gynecological inflammations is caused by bacterial and viral infections. Therefore, if you are pregnant, it may affect the development of the fetus and even threaten the life safety of the fetus, resulting in miscarriage. Pregnancy is generally not recommended if you have vaginitis.

Vaginitis may cause miscarriage after pregnancy, while chronic pelvic inflammatory disease can cause adhesions and blockage of the fallopian tubes, leading to infertility. If you want to get pregnant, you need to cure gynecological inflammation first.